[Theforum] Re: meo

[Ron Dorman]

isaac wrote:

>
>>>Being petty and resentful, I'm looking forward to the lame ass 'why we
>>>can't continue to offer this killer service that you think is so cool'.
>>>
>
>>From the posts I've contributed and read, I've thought that MEO has a very
> good chance of continuing. It is an undeniable fact that it costs to run
> (whether that is a cost to Dan personally, or met by the community as a
> whole, etc).
>
>
>>With good level headed people, interested in the best for
>>evolt.org and the people using it, good will prevail.
>>
>
> +1
>
>
>>Traffic is way down on all lists, aardvark is struggling with the change
>>to subscriber-only posts on thelist, and all the changes that "the few"
>>
>
> I've not graphed a count of posts to lists. But, thelist seems healthy, and
> far from "way down". It sure seems to be doing 100+ posts a day to me. I
> come in after a weekend to 300+ emails from evolt.org lists. thechat always
> seems to be busy. Our article count
> (http://test.evolt.org/evolt/articlegraph.cfm) is showing better numbers
> than the last 15 months.


a generalization that was more directed at the theforum, and totc.
thelist posts have been down a little the past week but nothing significant.


>>apparent now.  You should be able to tell who "the few" are, aardvark
>>not one of them, just had a hardon for subscriber-only.
>>
>
> The support for subscriber-only was near-unanimous from each list polled
> that I saw.
>
> It was pretty fucking embarrassing when I had [thelist] folder open on
> screen with a client watching over my shoulder, to have them see "XXX TEEN
> PUSSY". If the cost to near-eradication of that kinda gear from our lists is
> a gradual acclimatisation to the bounces and shit like that, then so be it.


yes, it was and I concurred as well, knowing it would be a lot more work
for a while to keep things flowing.  I appreciate aardvark taking on the
task and my intent was indicate that he was doing his best+ for
evolt.org.  apologies that it didn't come across that way.

Ron D.